अध्याय 8
श्लोक 2.2.1
यो ह वै शिशुँ साधानँ सप्रत्याधानँ सस्थूणँ सदामं वेद सप्त ह द्विषतो भ्रातृव्यानवरुणद्ध्ययं वाव शिशुर्योऽयं मध्यमः प्राणस्तस्येदमेवाऽऽधानमिदं प्रत्याधानं प्राणः स्थूणाऽन्नं दाम
yo ha vai śiśum̐ sādhānam̐ sapratyādhānam̐ sasthūṇam̐ sadāmaṃ veda sapta ha dviṣato bhrātṛvyānavaruṇaddhyayaṃ vāva śiśuryo'yaṃ madhyamaḥ prāṇastasyedamevā''dhānamidaṃ pratyādhānaṃ prāṇaḥ sthūṇā'nnaṃ dāma
English
Verily he who knows the babe with his place , his chamber , his post , and his rope , he keeps off the seven relatives who hate him. Verily by the young is meant the inner life, by his place this (body) , by his chamber this (head), by his post the vital breath, by his rope the food.